French groups protest against gay marriage

By artappraiser on Sun, 11/18/2012 - 4:39pm |

Reuters, Nov. 19, 2012

More than 100,000 protesters organised by Catholic groups staged separate demonstrations in French cities over the weekend to protest against government plans to legalise same-sex marriage next year.

Most of them took to the streets on Saturday, backed by the French Catholic Church and joined by several senior clerics, and several thousand more paraded with ultra-traditionalist Catholics in Paris on Sunday.

Though marching separately, they chanted the same slogan - "one father one mother for all children" - and denounced the Socialist government's plan. Polls show about 60% support for the reform, but not the right for gay people to adopt children [....]

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